News tagged with cell behavior

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Tracking dragonflies on the wing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University electrical engineers have developed a wirelessly powered telemetry system that is light and powerful enough to allow scientists to study the intricate neurological activity ...

Technology / Engineering

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With Magnetic Nanoparticles, Scientists Remotely Control Neurons and Animal Behavior (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Clusters of heated, magnetic nanoparticles targeted to cell membranes can remotely control ion channels, neurons and even animal behavior, according to a paper published by University at Buffalo ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Scientists discover the molecular heart of collective behavior

Birds flock. Fish gather in schools. Bees swarm. Even amoebae clump together in mystifyingly clever constellations. Scientists have long wondered what is happening at the cellular and molecular level to bring about this amazing ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Scientists discover neurons that 'mirror' the attention of others

Whether a monkey is looking to the left or merely watching another monkey looking that way, the same neurons in his brain are firing, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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3-D RNA modeling opens scientific doors

In a paper published today in the journal Nature Methods, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill demonstrates a simple, cost-effective technique for three-dimensional RNA structure predic ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Songbird brain synapses and glial cells capable of synthesizing estrogen

Colin Saldanha, a biology professor at American University in Washington, D.C., has always been intrigued by the hormone estrogen. Specifically, how the hormone that does so much (for example, it promotes sexual behavior ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Fruit fly intestine may hold secret to the fountain of youth

One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Optimal modulation of ion channels rescues neurons associated with epilepsy

New research successfully reverses epilepsy-associated pathology by using a sophisticated single-cell modeling paradigm to examine abnormal cell behavior and identify the optimal modulation of channel activity. The study, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Exercise boosts health by influencing stem cells to become bone, not fat, researchers find

McMaster researchers have found one more reason to exercise: working out triggers influential stem cells to become bone instead of fat, improving overall health by boosting the body's capacity to make blood.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Salmonella stays deadly with a 'beta' version of cell behavior

Salmonella cells have hijacked the protein-building process to maintain their ability to cause illness, new research suggests.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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New bioengineering approach: Tiny cell patterns reveal progression of development and disease

Scientists have long known that, to form tissue structures and organs, stem cells migrate and differentiate in response to the other cells, matrix, and signals in their environment. But not much is known about these developmental ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Key regulators for biofilm development discovered

They can be found everywhere -- organized communities of bacteria sticking to surfaces both inside and outside the body. These biofilms are responsible for some of the most virulent, antibiotic-resistant infections in humans; ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Cell rigidity linked to activity in proteins associated with cancer

An unusual collaboration between cell and developmental biologists and physicists at UNC-Chapel Hill is providing insights into the relationship between the physical properties of cells and the signals that influence cell ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Team shapes cell behavior research

A team led by James Henderson, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and researcher in the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, ...

Chemistry / Polymers

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Huntington's disease breakthrough equals hope for patients

A huge leap forward in understanding Huntington's disease may give patients hope for a cure.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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